How do u get energy from the boulder dam?

Question

or tell a web site that gives me the exact information I need. please help!!

Answer 1

You could have found this by just typing "Boulder Dam" into a search engine.

Answer 2

By 'Boulder Dam' I assume you mean the Hoover Dam (which I think should still be called the Boulder Dam).

Any energy producing dam uses the water's momentum to spin turbines which in turn spin a magnet in a large electrical apparatus called a generator. This spinning magnet induces a current in stationary wires wrapped around the magnet, thus producing electricity which is then processed for our use (but that's straying too far from your question). Anyway, a lot of dams simply use the force of the river's current - which is usually not that powerful - but the Hoover Dam and many other tall dams add another layer to that; they employ gravity to give the water more momentum, hence creating more electricity. This is done by allowing the water to first fall down chutes built into the dam before reaching the turbines.

That is how the Hoover 'Boulder' Dam - and most if not all tall dams - produce energy.

Answer 3

The dam creates an elevation difference (head pressure) of the water from the level of the lake to the discharge of the turbines.  An electric generator connected to the turbine and the power is sent to the grid.  The higher the load on the generators, the more water flow that is necessary to generate the power.

Answer 4

generators